Tantai Jin Apologist

This week I've been reading The Demon Lord Wants A Vacation. I'd had my eye on this for a while, as I really enjoyed Devil/Demon Venerable Also Wants to Know by the same author (plus the same translator for the first 20 or so chapters), but the translation was still ongoing & coming fairly close to the end, so I held off for a few months.

I absolutely loved it. Duanmu Wuqiu is the most relatable protagonist of all time. Becoming the strongest demonic cultivator & bringing all the others under his rule, not because of a lust for power, but because he wanted them all to leave him alone so he could have a nap. Fantastic.

I liveblogged my reactions over on Tumblr, & now that I've finished, here are all of them combined in a post.

Damn I wish I could throw someone into a volcano for suggesting I do some work. #GOALS

literal nightmare omg

Actual Disney Princess Luo Xianyun.

Dude is contemplating suitable betrothal gifts before he’s figured out he has feelings for the guy…

Thinking is way too much work.

Get you a man who will declare war on the entire cultivation world for you.

Cuteness…

He’s got you there…

So sweet!

I’m not even being sarcastic here; this is actually adorable.

Found family dynamics in xianxia can be so complicated…

A very good boy.

The sheer outrage is palpable. I love it. ‘What do you mean we have to travel like normal people?!?’

Though really the best character is DMWQ's dog, who only makes occasional appearances but I'm like: